Mitsamiouli

Mitsamiouli (population 6,100) is a town on the northwest coast of Grande Comore in the Comoros.

On 23 November 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 made a crash-landing in the shallow waters 500 meters (1,600 ft) offshore from Le Galawa Beach Hotel in Mitsamiouli.

Of the 175 passengers, 125 died, despite rescue attempts by island residents and tourists.

The RR 122 road runs south from Mitsamiouli and leads to the village of Bangoi Mafsankoa further inland, which has its own mosque.

[2] Lac Sale Crater – Lac Sale is an ancient volcano crater, near Mitsamihuli, filled with sea water.